Well for one, the two "studies" you posted came out of American Baby Magazine, hardly a scientific journal. You can't see if the actual studies have any merit unless you critique the study in the journal, know who funded it, what type of study it was, how it was done, etc.... It has been shown that many studies published in NEJM and JAMA are funded by drug companies.

What has been shown is that there is possibly an enzyme missing in some children that do not allow their bodies to break down the mercury that thimerisol is (that particular mercury is actually supposed to break down in 24-48 hours and not bioaccumulate like toxic mercury does). So those children could potentially build up large amts. of toxic mercury if they have multiple shots with thimerisol in them. And since it is a neurotoxin it could potentially trigger autism in those children.

I vaccinate my kids with thimerisol free vaccines, so I'm not saying that people shouldn't vaccinate. But there is *some* evidence out there that certain kids can acquire autism from vaccines (at least the ones with thimerisol).

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